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T. SGI-IWENGKE.

FOLDING TABLE.

No. 422,639; Patented Mar. 4, 1890.

WITNESSES. 3:22

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THEODOR SCHl/VENCKE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO PHILIP STROBEL &SONS, SAME PLACE.

FOLDING TABLE.

I SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 422,639,,dated March4, 1890.

Application filed October 9, 1889- To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, THEODOR SOHWENOKE, of the city, county, and State ofNew York, a citizen of the United States, have invented certain'new andusefulImprovements in Folding Tables, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to improvements in that class of tables in'whichthe legs can be folded against the under side of the top plate to permitof storing a large number of tables n a very small space; and the objectof my invention is to provide a tablev of this kind in which the legscan be folded or erected for I 5 use very readily, and in which the legsare held securely in place when folded and are also held firmly andrigidly when the table is erected.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of parts anddetails, as will o gitudinal vertical sectional view of one end part ofthe table, the legs being folded.

Similar letters. of reference indicate corresponding parts.

To the under side of the top plate A the 3 5 transverse rails B B aresecured a short distance from each end. The legs G are secured to across-piece D, which is hinged at its inner edge to the under side ofthe top plate in such a manner that the legs can swing inward-that is,toward the center of the top plateand so that when the legs are erectedthe outer edge of the cross-piece D will rest against the inner edge ofthe rail B. The cross-piece D is provided in its inner edge 5 with therecess E, the ends of which are adjacent to the legs 0, and at each endof said recess a brace F is pivoted or hinged, which braces are of suchthickness that when folded Serial No. 326,421. (No model.)

in the recesses E their outer faces will be flush with theinner face oredge of the crosspiece D. Each brace .F is provided in its swinging endwith the notch H, forming a top and bottom tongue H and H the bottomtongues H being adapted to rest against the bottom edge of thetransverse rail J, secured to the under side of the top plate A, and theother tongues H being adapted to pass into notches K in the rail J. Abutton M is pivoted on the under side of the rail B, and is adapted topass into a slot .0 or recess in the cross-piece D when the legs areerected, or to pass into a notch P in the top edge of the cross-piece Dwhen the legs are folded.

The two legs at each end of the table are preferably united bya crosspiece or brace R, for the purpose of stiffening them.

When the legs are folded, the braces F rest in the recesses E in theinner edges of the cross-piece D, the legs rest against the under sideof the top plate, and the buttons M rest in the notches P, therebylocking the legs in place. WVhen the legs are in this position, they donot project beyond the side rails S of the table-top plate, thuspermittingof storing a great number of tables in a very small space.When the table is to be erected, the legs are swung into position atright angles to the table-top plate and the braces F swung outward, sothat their free ends rest against the rails J, and the buttonsM areswung into the slots 0 in the cross-pieces D. The legs are thus securelylocked in place when the table is erected for use, as thebraces F areapplied near the legs, which are thus held securely and rigidly.

Having thus described m y invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- In a folding table, the combination, with a table topplate having cross-pieces hinged to the under side of the same at eachend, each cross-piece being provided with a slot and with a recess, aleg secured to each end of each cross-piece, twobraces pivoted in therecesses of each cross-piece near the outer ends of the cross-pieces,fixed transverse rails 011 the under side of the table-top plate, Intestimony that I claim the foregoing as against which rails the freeends of the braces my invention I have signed my name in presean berested,a fixed transverse rail adjacent enee of two subscribingwitnesses.

to each hinged cross-piece, and a button piv- THEODOR SCHWENCKE. oted toeach of said rails for the purpose of Witnesses:

locking the legs eitherwhen erected or folded, OSCAR F. GUNZ,

substantially as set forth. MARTIN PETRY.

